IBM AIX up to 5.3 L Trusted Execution environment Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in IBM AIX up to 5.3 L. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Trusted Execution. Executing a manipulation of the argument environment can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1329. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM AIX up to 5.3 L (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Trusted Execution. The manipulation of the argument environment with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the diag commands (1) lsmcode, (2) diag_exec, (3) invscout, and (4) invscoutd in AIX 5.1 through 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the DIAGNOSTICS environment variable to point to a malicious Dctrl program.

The issue has been introduced in 05/01/2001. The weakness was shared 12/20/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1329 since 01/06/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1329 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18620), Exploit-DB (701), SecurityFocus (BID 12041†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9084†). The entries VDB-2267, VDB-23670 and VDB-22678 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AIX 6.1

Timelineinfo

05/01/2001 🔍
12/20/2004 +1329 days 🔍
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01/06/2005 +17 days 🔍
09/06/2005 +243 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3507 days 🔍
06/15/2024 +3350 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22564
X-Force: 18620
SecurityFocus: 12041 - IBM AIX Diag Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 9084 - IBM AIX Local Privileges Elevation via DIAGNOSTICS Enviroment Variable, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:26
Updated: 06/15/2024 22:34
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:26 (56), 01/14/2018 10:28 (12), 06/05/2024 09:43 (16), 06/15/2024 22:34 (1)
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